Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 was 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025. ▲ Rising
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in Int$ (PPP) per person per day.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean is 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.62 Int$ (PPP) per person per day, in 2017.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 2nd of 35 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | Int$ (PPP) per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.62 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | — |
| 2018 | 3.71 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 3.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 4.01 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 4.21 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 4.69 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 5.05 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 5.25 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +4.0% |
| 2025 | 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.72 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.62 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3 |
| 2020s | 4.77 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 4.01 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Latin America and the Caribbean was 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025.
- What is the lowest cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.62 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2017.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 2nd out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicators on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) are estimated in each country and show the population’s physical and economic access to least expensive locally available foods to meet requirements for a healthy diet, as defined in food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). The indicators use observed retail food consumer prices and income distributions to provide an operational measure of people’s access to locally available foods in the proportions needed for health. These indicators support efforts within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 (SDG 2). They also support the monitoring of progress towards the objective of transforming agrifood systems by promoting “nutrition-sensitive agriculture”. FAO, in partnership with the Food Price for Nutrition of the World Bank, produces and reports the CoAHD indicators.